Air Force One with United States President Joe Biden on board left Joint Base Andrews in Maryland at 1645 local time (0215 IST) on Thursday afternoon.
First Lady Jill Biden remains in quarantine after testing positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Biden will stop over at the US' Ramstein air base in Germany before flying ahead to New Delhi to attend the G20 Summit.
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
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